Ohio Child Welfare System Profile

2000 1999 1999 1999
Child Population Child Abuse Substantiated Children in Foster Care Completed Adoptions
Population 2,888,339 53,311 20,078 1,868
  White 79% 61.0% not available 46.0%
  African American 14% 30.7% not available 47.0%
  Hispanic 3% 1.2% not available 2.0%
  Asian 1% 0.1% not available 1.0%
Child welfare costs (1998) 613,248,851

 $ per capita

55
 

 
 

 Source: